Beautification Project Dedicated at Collins High School
Oak Hill Garden Club and the Civic League dedicated a Collins High School beautification project featuring shrub and tree planting and new benches at the entrances. Mrs. J. Edward Lewis of Bunker Hill Nursery supervised the landscaping and planting, with Mrs. R. E. Kelly as landscape advisor. Mrs. H. L. Van Camp presented the project to Alan Wickline, student body president.
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Collins High School
Oak Hill Garden Club
The
Civic League
J. Edward Lewis
Bunker Hill Nursery
R. E. Kelly
H. L. van Camp
Garden Club
Alan Wickline
Divorces Granted in Wyoming County Circuit Court
Two divorces granted in the Wyoming County Circuit Court were recorded. Charles Berry from Mildred Berry and Ida Hughes from Jack Hughes are listed. New civil suits include Associates Discount Corp versus Junior Rastus Lester on a promissory note for 2872.08 dated June 5, 1957. Mullens Finance Co., Inc. was also named.
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Pineville
ANS
Wyoming County
Charles Berry
Mildred Berry
Ida Hughes
Jack Hughes
Associates Discount Corp
Junior Rastus Lester
Mullens Finance Co., Inc
Ver
Forgotten Keys Near Ponca City Flight Tale
A brief AP story describes Major Meek taking off from an airport in a commercial plane and his father discovering afterward that the son still had his car keys. The piece then shifts to civil cases noting debts: Sus Fred and Hazel Ratliff for 294.13 and Hutchinson Insurance Agency versus W. L. Morgan for 245.86 plus 30 interest.
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Ponca City
Okla
Major Meek
J. R. Meek
Sus
Fred
Hazel Ratliff
W. S. Hutchinson
C. E.hutchinson
Hutchinson ‘Insurance Agency
W. L. Morgan
Mount Hope High seniors plan 1971 reunion
Miss Rowena Bryan hosted nine members of the Mount Hope High School class of 1961 Thursday at her home. They discussed school year activities and formed a committee to plan the 1971 reunion. Attendees included Carol Summers Trisha Ball Connie Barbera Anna Mae Akins Alice Hunt Kitty Jo Bolen Sug Sutphin and Mildred Dinkler.
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Mount Hope
Rowena Bryan
Mount Hope High School
Carol Lynn Summers
Trisha Ball
Connie Barbera
Anna Mae Akins
Alice Hunt
Kitty Jo Bolen
Margaret “Sug” Sutphin
Mildred Dinkler
Memorial Services Held By OES Chapter
Winonia Chapter No 59 of the Order of Eastern Star met at Mount Hope Masonic Hall for annual memorial services honoring departed members and charter members. Past matrons were recognized. an initiation and officer election were announced for the next meeting. Guests and a refreshment committee were listed. next gathering set for June 27 at the Masonic Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
RNS
Winonia
Order of Eastern Star
Mount Hope Masonic Hall
Lottie Garrett
Sue Caldwell
Elkins
Addie B. Eischelman
Lorena Spillers Garden Club Installation Banquet Held
Thirteen members and a guest attended the Lorena Spillers Garden Club installation banquet in Beckley with Mrs. Louis Kaman and Mrs. Herbert Morgan hosting. Laurel Garden Club official Miss Catherine Stewart led officer installations and committee appointments for the year, including programs chair Mrs. Robinson and hospitality chair Mrs. Perry Cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorena Spillers
Louis Kaman
Herbert Morgan
M. M. Shumate
Laurel Garden Club
Catherine Stewart
John Robinson
Miss Stewart
Robinson
Carl Moran
Virgil Conant
Perry Cook
S. R. Camper
Elizabeth Cook
C. V. Stewart
Stella Diehl
Akers
J. J. Compton
John Miller
Odell Cook
F. S. Caffee
Toler
Troy Stone
Joe Burgess
A. T. Robertson
R. L. Hart
Jack Dick
Kaman
Morgan
Neal
L. T. Lail
L. B. Wickline
Carrie Thrasher
Sunshine
Newsome
T. D. Gray Gardens
College of Agriculture
West Virginia University
Chamber of Commerce
Stewart
J. A. Neal
Buren Toler
Awards Given At Mt. Hope Junior High
Mount Hope ANS Junior High held its awards assembly with principal Fred Dixon, freshman president Rusty Jeter, and student performers. Honors included junior band prizes for Barbara Phillips and Brenda Spradlin, nine grade football and basketball awards, spelling and DAR recognitions for eighth graders, and history medals for Harlean Croyle Norman Brooks and Richard Toney.
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Mount Hope
ANS
Fred Dixon
Rusty Jeter
Thomas Harris
Eugene Pryor
Norma Bradley
Connie Dillard
Robert Evans
Danny Danner
Barbara Phillips
Brenda Spradlin
Vera Wood
Flora Logan
Geromaine Berger
Susan Brown
Marilyn Bradley
Brenda Newsome
Robert Smith
Charles Pauley
Larry Richmond
Donna Brewer
Barbara Dillon
Linda McCrea
Jack Cane
Kathy McClung
Barbara Boyd
Sharon Donnell
Harlean Croyle
Gene Spadaro
Mike Bolen
Estile Cadle
Jim Cox
David Duvall
Buddy Gilkerson
William Hamm
Nathan Leftwich
Larry Lyons
Ross Mayo
Denzil Penn
Richard Toney
Valentine Tyrone
Bill Leonard
Willie Brooks
Franklin Bennett
Buddy Collins
Shannon Graham
William
DAR Good
Mary Jarvis
Bessie Duvall
Norman Brooks
WCTU Observes Special Program at Mount Hope
The White Ribbon Recruit program of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union met at Mount Hope Baptist Church at 7 p m Tuesday. Mrs. Layland Ayers led, Mrs. Lilly played piano, and gifts were given as scripture and poems were shared. Refreshments followed with numerous local attendees listed.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
King’s Highway
Robert Lilly
WCTU
Union Signal
Layland Ayers
White Ribbon
Lilly
Luther Lewallen
Rainbow Order Plans For Grand Assembly Charleston
Final plans were made for transport to the Grand Assembly in Charleston in June. Assembly No. 14 of the Order of Rainbow for Girls held its Monday meeting at the White Shrine Hall. About 14 girls registered to attend. Transportation will be provided by Mrs. Joe Trail, Mrs. Mary Frances Pugh, and Mrs. Mary Stevenson. Adults to attend include Mrs. Jennie Cope Carter, Mrs. Eva Cope, advisory board members, Mrs. Flora Twaddle grand deputy, and Mrs. Mary Stevenson mother advisor. A knife sale is in progress and a rummage sale will be held the last of June. Approximately 20 members were present. Miss Bonnie Val Lina, new worthy advisor, presided.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Grand Assembly
Charleston
Assembly No. 14
Order of Rainbow
White Shrine Hall
Joe Trail
Mary Frances Pugh
Mary Stevenson
Jennie Cope Carter
Eva Cope
Flora Twaddle
Bonnie Vallina
Special Awards At Conley Commencement Exercises
At Conley High School in Mullens the commencement ceremony honored many with special citations and awards from local merchants and organizations. Recipients included Delta Sigma Theta, Domina Harless Memorial Scholarship, Zeta Phi Beta, American Legion, Knoxville College, Phyllis Wheatley and Danforth awards, plus two Johnson and McMillan scholarships.
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Mullens
RNS
Conley High School
Delta’ Sigma Theta
Beckley
Domina Harless
Bettye Jane Hayes
Zeta Phi Beta
Maxine Morris
Ann Farmer
American Legion
Janus
Nelson McMillan
Knoxville College
Bettye Hayes
Brenda Johnson
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Mary Lee Coles
Savings Club
Betty J. Beret
Phyllis Wheatley
Rudolph Pugh
Danforth
Betty Hayes
Gloria Earnhardt
Janus McMillan
Harry Wright
Stratton High School
Pineville
Mount Hope Notes and Local Visit Guests
Mt Hope area notes report Mrs Clinton Stover and children from Miami visiting her parents in Mount Hope. Rev and Mrs D W Calcote to return to Texas June 5. Harry Wallace ill in Beckley hospital. Mrs Tissue home after Charleston hospital stay. Mr and Mrs R G Kirby weekend in Clarksburg. John A Dower back in Point Pleasant after vacation with mother Effie Dower. Nancy Lamb from Washington visiting Gladys Lowry and Bertie Johnson. Len Yon and family visiting Charleston relatives.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Clinton Stover
Ernest Edward
Vannassa Rae
Miami
Fla
Ernest Kizer
Stover
Betty Kizer
D. W. Calcote
Texas
Harry Wallace
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Wallaces
E. C. Farmer
W. E. Tissue
Charleston Kanawha Valley Hospital
Frederick Tissue
Charleston
R. G. Kirby
Clarksburg
John A. Dower
Point Pleasant
Effie Dower
Nancy Lamb
Washington, D. C
Gladys Lowry
Bertie L. Johnson
Johnson
Len Yon
Gildo Yon
Nely Yon
Jordan King Weds British Bride in Simple Muslim Ceremony
King Hussein of Jordan, 25, marries Toni Gardiner, daughter of a British officer, in a hilltop Amman mosque ceremony. More than 200,000 Jordanians cheered the couple as the king’s bride, who has become a Moslem named Muna Al-Hussein, joined the Hashemite line.
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Amman
Jordan
UPI
Hussein
Toni Gardiner
Dina
Mohammed
Tani
Muna Al-Hussein
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OES
Fannie Richeson
Bernardine Barnum
Maybelle Weaver
Vivian Brooks
Ruby Tyree
Armilla Rogers
Sharon Armentrout
Mamie Parker
Oak Hill
Gladys Morelli
Welch
Selma Tolliver
Mary Vallina
Cathern Berry
Thelma Rice
Pete Wotring
Phyllis Kelly
Margaret McClung
Mary Lay
Elsie Dorado
Leslie Craver
Thelma Kelly
Wilma Phillips
Tessie Williams
Marie Davis
Eloise Gast
Robert Williams
Brooks
Mabel Jenkins
Masonic Hall
Eugene Newsome
H. L. Akers
Shumate
Lisa
Pat Pino
Richard Charles
Richard
Ma Muir
John
John Hager
Jane Leigh
Ed Boyd
Jeanny
Buford Miller
Mt. Hope
En Club
Mount Hope Baptist Church
Norman Arthur
Ruth Allen
C. L. Bennett
Eugene Greer
Florence Duncan
Janet Hager
Lawrence Spade
Harry L. Salmon
R. L. Milton
Dorothy Hutcheson
Linda Lou Allen
Rainbow Order
Mullens Merchants
Constance Crawford
Barbara Valentine
Kay Booker
Stella Lambert
Mary L. Coles
C. T. Hazzard
Conley
Albert Meadows
Bettye Craig
Leonard Valentine
Beatrice Hazzard
Dc. F. Mundy
Wyoming County Board of Education
E. L. Berger
Carl Hazzard
Carol Logwood
Richard Rice
Priscilla Spruce
Harry
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